Salon Booking SystemWordPress extension · Salonbookingsystem
CVE-2024-39658
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Salon Booking System Salon booking system allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Salon booking system: from n/a through 10.7.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in Salon Booking System allows attackers to inject malicious SQL commands through unsanitized input parameters, potentially enabling unauthorized database access, data exfiltration, or manipulation of booking records.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Salon Booking SystemWordPress extension
< 10.8CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Salon Booking System installationLocate the Salon Booking System plugin files in your WordPress installation (typically in /wp-content/plugins/salon-booking-system/) and check the main plugin header or readme.txt for the version numberAffected if The installed version is below 10.8
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Retrieve version via WordPress adminNavigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in the WordPress admin dashboard and find 'Salon Booking System' in the list to view the installed version numberAffected if The displayed version is lower than 10.8.0
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Confirm plugin is active with booking functionalityVerify the Salon Booking System plugin is activated and that booking-related features (appointment scheduling, customer management) are enabled and processing user-submitted dataAffected if The plugin is active and accepting input through booking forms, customer portals, or API endpoints
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Inspect HTTP request parameters for SQL injection vectorsReview access logs or use a proxy tool to examine incoming requests to Salon Booking System endpoints (such as booking submission, search, or admin actions) for unsanitized user input that could contain SQL syntaxAffected if User-supplied parameters in booking requests contain raw SQL characters or patterns that are not being sanitized before database queries
You are affected if Salon Booking System version is below 10.8 and the plugin is actively processing booking-related user input through web requests.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped10.8
Update to the patched version of Salon Booking System when available. As an immediate measure, restrict access to the affected endpoints and implement WAF rules as a temporary defense until the fix is applied.
10.8
- 1. Backup your WordPress database and files before proceeding with any upgrade.
- 2. Ensure you have a complete backup of the Salon Booking System plugin and its data.
- 3. Update the Salon Booking System plugin to version 10.8 or later through the WordPress admin dashboard (Plugins > Updates), or download the latest version from the official WordPress plugin repository.
- 4. Verify the update was successful by checking the plugin version in WordPress admin.
- 5. Test critical booking workflows (appointment creation, customer management, payments) to confirm functionality.
- 6. Monitor application logs for any errors following the upgrade.
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Salon Booking System
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-39658 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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